“Now, come here glasses”, called the supreme being.

“I have limited time left and I want to maximize my interests in selling these useless flowers. So, get started. Froggie, chop chop – get to work.”

With that he conjured a table and three small floating chairs for the elves to sit.

“Sure Master. Joanne understood.”

“Master of this life, please hand over the Zi Ming as I sit down.”

Words follow law.

The Void Empress subconsciously followed him to sit and handed Zi Ming back to him again.

Only after being seated, did she realize that her motor functions seemed to listen better to his command than her own mind.

“Alright, ladies and gentlemen. We’re about to have the most exorbitant auction in the history of this universe… I am the host of today, Joanne…”

“Hurry.”

The simple nano robot transformed by Joanne skipped over everything as she heard that.

Zi Yang sat calmly in the chair with Zi Ming in his arms. His eyes lost in focus as he appeared in thoughts.

Only when the auction started did he come back to senses.

“Alright. The product is dao petals of the 36-grade awakening golden dao lotus. You know what benefits it can bring to you and this world, so bid you price.

The first round is a set of three lotuses. Place your bids!”

Void Empress saw next what could not be simply designated as crazy.

It was something one could not even imagine.

Her idea of dignity that these three elves representing supreme power should have seemed nothing to them in front of these dao flowers.

Just like when they were snatching, they played cunning to jack up the prices for competitors, tripped another elf at his critical moment of speaking and won the lot instead, cast spells to shut up, void shift an elf out of the room, create illusion that one got it….

Name it and these elves seemed to be competing in all ways possible except a direct melee to win ownership of one more lot.

The auctioneer did not seem to mind, and even sometimes deliberately slowed down to see who won.

After six rounds of auction – she could guarantee that the auctioneer profited immensely, but the participants seemed equally happy.

“Alright, so first everyone pays the fee for attending this auction.”

With her cue, the three thumb sized origin qi – a purple, a gold and a yellow were injected into Zi Ming’s three major dantians – head, chest and abdomen respectively.

“Mr. Heavenly envoy, please pay for the two sets of dao petals. With the three you obtained before; you have a total of nine petals now.”

Thunder jumped on the purple elf’s head as he heard that and glared at the yellow elf. Wouldn’t he have more if it weren’t for this tramp? Why would he need to buy?

Was the yellow dressed earth going to take this glare sitting down. He glared as well and make a face at him as if mocking him for his arrogance.

“Mr. Heavenly elf”

Yes – the elf nodded and quickly paid his dues.

After receiving the goods, the heavenly elf bowed towards Zi Yang and upon seeing Zi Yang nodding, he glared at the earth elf again and rushed into the sky.

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Same went for the golden and yellow elves.

Golden elf only had one petal before, so he fought tooth and nail and won three sets, accumulating a total of 10 petals.

The earth elf could only bid for the remaining one as only set was remaining after the bargaining. Seeing this, Zi Yang waved three more petals and asked him to pay according to three as per the purple elf’s second bid,

Overjoyed the earth elf also agreed, paid and left.

Now, floating in front of Zi Yang were seven light balls.

Zi Yang waved three of them – a cause and effect promise from heaven, earth and humanity to arrange a destined beast corresponding to the power of the three realms for Zi Ming – into Zi Ming’s fate and interlocked them.

This package also involved fighting to obtain the beast and honing of skills and character. A complete protagonist package designed and delivered by the three talents.

When the time comes, through necessary experiences – he shall obtain what he needs.

The remaining four light balls – one contained a small tree and a circular coin with a square hole. This is a poor imitation of the Luobao Money Coin – the innate spiritual treasure of the way of trade and the money tree.

The purple elf condensed it by the way of trade so it should work.

He waved it to the Void Empress, and said, “The present life seemed to have some ideas for the merit you gave him. This money tree and money coin will help him.”

The remaining two light balls left by the golden were also waived by him to the Void empress as he introduced, “the branch is of the heavenspan tree of principles and the water in this jade bottle is condensed by that puny elf from the luck of humanity and light of the sun, moon and the stars. It is a joke, but for now – it will do the job.”

Finally, the last ball was also thrown over with an introduction of course, “the earth elf got away cheap. He sent a clumsy mixture of various mixed soils – as it may, it will work with the tree branch.”

Void Empress collected all these into the void. She seemed to have a premonition.

She asked, “Are you leaving?”

Zi Yang’s obsession said, “Yes. It’s time. Take good care of Zi Ming.”

Before disappearing, he pointed two times – once at the glasses and the frog each.

“Use it soon, the energy disappears in shortly.”

Finally, he uttered a Sanskrit sound but everyone's conscious understood the meaning - "You shall not speak today's happenings."

It formed a unique restriction and imprinted on everyone present.

With one last word, Zi Yang’s body swayed and fell. Zi Ming fell with him. Void empress immediately moved them both to the chairs.

The two beasts also felt a jolt by sudden surge of energy injected in them. They fainted as well.

At this time. The remaining eight petals seemingly chose their destinations!

One petal transformed into a miniature lotus and got into Zi Ming’s eyebrow. It left a lotus like mark between his eyebrows.

One petal floated to the Void Empress and printed itself on her wrist. She could feel it can be retrieved and used whenever.

One petal floated to Zi Yang’s house and dissolved into Mei Li’s bloodline.

One petal divided into five and fell on five people – Master Meng, Baize, Dark Void, Lan Yun and a leafed hat trut. The five people seemed to have received a law rhyme, as she sensed.

One petal divided into countless petals and floated into the town. The Void empress’s divine sense observed as they fell on various people known to Zi Yang.

One petal floated and delved deeper into Zi Yang’s house and from there into the earth veins of the city. Presumably this city will rank among first tier cities in the future.

One petal floated and was about to leave when the golden elf which has left returned and snatched it away. While leaving, it still gestured to the Void empress with his fingers on his lips.

The final petal turned into a small robe and golden merit fell from the sky. It turned out the golden elf exchanged another petal for merit.

The golden merit robe flew and wore itself over Zi Ming.

Everything seemed to be over.

Jing Huan had been tensed all over since the awakening ceremony began. She could finally rest easy now.

She then called Mystic Void and Dark Void to carry both Zi Yang and his beasts back to the guest room above, while she carried Zi Ming.

After a while, Zi Ming was delivered home to a worried Mei Li at home.

Zi Yang woke up at six in the evening.

He was still groggy and felt a dull pain all over his body, while also feeling a sense of relaxation and relief he had not felt since he came to this world.

He stood up from his bed, or so he thought.

But he jumped nearly a foot high and felt downward on his knees, knocking a few small table and vase by the bedside.

Void Empress had the noise and opened the door after knocking.

She saw Zi Yang getting up from the ground and the mess on the floor.

“Sorry Master, I just got up but then I jumped a foot high… And my body feels light… there’s also some pain…”

Zi Yang was a little incoherent.

Void Empress did not say much.

She just walked over and patted the dust off and removed the creases from his clothes.

Then said, “It’s alright. You consumed your latent energy while awakening, so the body reorganized and strengthen while also removing the excess load. So, you feel lighter and stronger now.

You should rest some more. I will have Dark Void arrange your dinner and we will talk tomorrow.”

Patting his shoulder in reassurance, she walked away.

Zi Yang was left alone to process things and settle his nerves.

He had sensed his talent and knew the name but did not know the details. He tried sensing again and was surprised to find the name of his talent had slightly changed.

Rather an adjective was added to the original name – a ‘universal’ to the original ‘insight’.

So, what is his talent – the universal insight?